Two women were injured in acid attacks in separate incidents in Khanewal and Lodhran on Thursday.
In the first incident, a woman was attacked by her former husband for contracting a second marriage with another man after her divorce. Mumtaz Bibi had got married with one Aslam at Bhatta Colony in Khanewal city. At this, her ex-husband Shabbir Ahmed, along with his three accomplices, threw acid on Mumtaz in vengeance.
She suffered serious burns and Rescue 1122 shifted her to District Headquarters Hospital, Khanewal.
The City police arrested Shabbir while his three accomplices were on the run.
In the second incident, three persons, Elahi Bakhsh, Muhammad Amjad and Manzoor Mai, allegedly administered acid to a 23-year old ‘Z’ on the motive of enmity in the limits of Jalalpur Peerwala in Lodhran district. When her condition became serious, she was shifted to the THQ Hospital, Jalapur Pirwala. A case was registered against three suspects.
Source: Dawn
